ComEd was still working to restore power in the village, prioritizing critical sites like hospitals, first responder units and facilities housing elderly residents.
HOMEWOOD , Ill. â The cleanup from Monday's storms continued in the South Suburbs on Thursday, where hundreds of residents were still without power.One of the hardest hit communities was Homewood , where at least one tornado was confirmed to have struck. Mayor Rich Hofeld told CBS News Chicago that he's never seen the kind of destruction that the village saw this week, when a confirmed EF-1 tornado came barreling into town.
'I know it doesn't look like it, but they made a lot of progress in terms of clearing the trees and they said once they're able to clear the trees off of the wires then the electric crews will be able to come in.'Crews were working around the clock to clean it up. As bad as it looked, Homewood officials said it could have been a whole lot worse. Thankfully, there were no reports of fatalities or injuries.Still, there were widespread power outages.
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